This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C07618.5309AE90 Content-Type: text/plain Jeff Schaffer wrote: >Absolute minimum: > > Cost < $1,000 > Quiet! > Small (desktop or tiny tower) > 500MHz or faster > 96MB RAM minimum > 3GB Hard drive minimum > CD-ROM drive > Video card to support 1024x768 or larger in True Color > 10/100Base-T Ethernet > >Highly desirable: > > Cost closer to $500 > Windows 2000 > Video out (or PCI slot to add) for TV connection > Digital Audio input/output (or 2nd PCI slot) > Serial (or USB-only for $100 less) > FireWire (IEEE 1394) port > >Any suggestions? Consider an older (used) laptop. Many of them have video out directly; if not cheap RGB->NTSC converters are in the $100-$200 range. If the laptop doesn't have the features you want built-in, there are PCMCIA cards. They are small, designed to be quiet, and the don't hold their value well so a generation or two back is very reasonably priced. Lee ------_=_NextPart_001_01C07618.5309AE90 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">RE: [slinkelist] Recommendation for quiet PC? Jeff Schaffer wrote:
>Absolute minimum:
>
> Cost = < $1,000
> = Quiet!
> Small = (desktop or tiny tower)
> = 500MHz or faster
> 96MB = RAM minimum
> 3GB = Hard drive minimum
> = CD-ROM drive
> Video = card to support 1024x768 or larger in True Color
> = 10/100Base-T Ethernet
>
>Highly desirable:
>
> = Cost closer to $500
> = Windows 2000
> Video = out (or PCI slot to add) for TV connection
> = Digital Audio input/output (or 2nd PCI slot)
> = Serial (or USB-only for $100 less)
> = FireWire (IEEE 1394) port
>
>Any suggestions?Consider an older (used) laptop. Many of them have = video out directly; if not cheap RGB->NTSC converters are in the = $100-$200 range. If the laptop doesn't have the features you want = built-in, there are PCMCIA cards.
They are small, designed to be quiet, and the don't = hold their value well so a generation or two back is very reasonably = priced.
Lee
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